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ALPPLICATION FILED APR.7,1914. L1 31949@ Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED ANL?, 1914.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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WILHELM L. MEINK, OF PORTSMOUTH, IOWA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led April 7, 1914. Serial No. 830,214.

To 'all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, W iLHnLM L. MEINE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Portsmouth, in the county of Shelby and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This inventionl relates broadly to new and useful improvements in end. gates and has particular reference to that type of such devices as are designed to be used upon a grain wagon.

A particular object of this invention contemplates the provision of an end gate which contains in itself a variety of possible movements so that various grains, which it has been found from experience are best dumped from a wagon in a certain manner, may be a wagon provided with my end gate.

An object of equal importance with the foregoing' is to provide an end gate of the type described, which is constructed with such regard to proportion, number and arrangement of parts as to be cheaply manufactured, will be durable and efficient in operation and may bereadily applied to any standard type of wagon with a minimum expenditure of time, and labor and without requiring any alteration in the construction of the latter.

Theabove and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claim which forms a part of this application.

IVith reference to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views of which, like characters of reference designate similar parts, Figure 1 is an end view of a wagon provided with my end gate. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the matter contained in Fig. l as indicated by the plane of the lines 2 2. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of my hinge plates. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional View taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1 showing in dotted lines one of the movements of my end gate. Fig. 5 is a similar View showing another movement of my endv vother elements of my invention.

gate. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the brace plates as used in connection with this invention.

Proceeding now to the description of the drawings and referring most particularly to Fig. 1, it will beseen that my end gate preferably consists of two sect-ions A and B, the lowermost section Wagon sill 10 and having the section B superimposed upon it, both these sections being inclosed by the sides of the wagon box ll and 12.

Referring now more particularly to the, lower section Av it will be seen that either end of this section is provided vwith the hinge plates 13, said hinge plates being secured at 14 to the inner face of this lowermost section and having their ends angularly ianged as at 15. The uppermost part of these flanges 15 has integral arcuate enlargements 1G which are apertured as at 17 to provide for the hinge bolt 18. This hinge .bolt as is readily seen upon referring to Figpl passes through the sides of the wagon box 11 and 12 entirely across the rear end of the wagon and is provided on its outer end with the wing nut 19 which it is'adapted to threadingly receive. By using a hinge bolt of this character, I have provided one which may be quickly and easily withdrawn when required, and yet at the same time I supply one which it will be impossible to jolt out of. its normal position, or one that may otherwise get out of order as the result of the traveling of heavily loaded wagons over rough roads. The similar hinge 20 is provided for my upper section B` with the eX- ception that this hinge 20 passes through the vertical braces 2l of this upper section instead of 'end plates. This upper section B is also provided with secondary hinge plates 22 which are secured to its lower portion and are arcuately bent around as at 23, the hinge rod 18 as is clearly shown by reference to Figs. 4 and 5. I

The side Walls 11 and 12 necessarily used with my wagon box are also peculiarly constructed inv order to properly co-act with the Each of these Walls comprise two sections 24 and 25 superimposed upon each other in a manner -similar to my end gate sections A and B and have no permanent connection with each other, although the lowermost section 25 is secured in the usual manner to the wagon bed. In order that the uppermost sect-ion A being seated upon the,

may be returned to its proper position upon the section 25 after a movement away therefrom such as is Ycontemplated in the operation of my end gate, l preferably provide two vertical braces 26 and 27 which are adapted to be secured to either side of these sections 24 of sufficient length to project downwardly for some distance, one on either side of the lower section 25 as is shown in Fig. 2. My uppermost section B is likewise provided with vertical braces 28 positioned upon the inside thereof which braces in a manner somewhat similar to the braces 26 and 27 project downwardly and lie against the inner face of my section A. The lower extremities of these braces 28 are apertured to receive the bolt 29, said bolt also passing through the lower section A and held in place by the wing nut 30. This removable securing means is made use of when it is desired that my two sections A and B operate as one, but otherwise it is withdrawn from use and laid aside.

Another indispensable element of my invention is the end plate 31 which consists of an upper and lower section 32 and 33 respectively. This end plate 31 is positioned as shown in the drawings between the flange end 15 of my plate 13 and the end walls 11 and 12 of the wagon box, the length of the portion 32 being equal to the width of the upper side wall 24 and the portion 33 similarly corresponding to the fixed side 25. Each of these superimposed portions dcoml posing my end plate 31 is flanged at its inner end to form the angularly extending portions 34 and 35, said flanged portions being superimposed upon each other as shown at 36 and with the lower flanged portion 34 provided with the bend 37, all as clearly set forth in Fig. G. Formed integrally with the lower section 33 there is provided the downwardly extending bolt 38 which isadapted to extend through the wagon sill and receive the nut 39. Each one of these sections 32 and 33 are aperturedv as at 40 for the reception of suitable fastening means whereby they are adapted to be secured to their respective side sections 24 and 25. The end plate 32 has a Hange 41 formed upon its upper extremity adjacent its outer edge, said fianged portion being adapted to seat against the outside of my upper end section B and serveto hold the separate elements-of my invention in their proper relation when the end gate is not being used.

I also preferably provide as one of the main features of my invention a latch or lock designed to be positioned in the center of my lower end section A in such manner that it is possible to lock said section A against movement to the wagon sill. This latch includes a curved lever arm 42 which is pivoted to the end section A at 43 and passes through the plunger 44 which is manica loosely mounted and adapted for vertical movement in the ears 45 and 46. These ears are formed integrally with the back plate 47 which is secured to the end plate A by any suitable means such as the rivet 48. Suitable resilient means such as the spring 49 is disposed between the upper ear 45 and my lever 42 and normally serves to hold the plunger 44 in the recess 50 formed in the wagon sill. It will be obvious that in operation an upward movement of the lever 42 will result in an upward movement of the plunger pin 44 against the tension of the spring 49 so that the said plunger pin will be removed from the recess 50 enabling section A to be outwardly swung as shown in Fig. 5.

1t will be apparent that in the foregoing description, I have disclosed a novel structure which is capable of a number of variations in movement so that any kind of grain which may be contained in the wagon maj)7 be disposed of or dumped in a manner most suitable therefor.

It will be apparent that the side plates 24 can be rotatably moved upon the upper pivot pin 20 without any operation of my end gate being disturbed. 1t is also possible that the top end section B of my end gate may be moved in conjunction with the side plates 24 by turning on the hinge 23 of the hinge plate 22 in which case the pivot rod 18 serves as a pivot for the end gate B and the pivot rod 20 serves as a pivot for the side sections 24. It will be understood that in the foregoing movements, the bolts 29 threaded through the lower extremities of the braces 28 which are secured to my upper section B have previously been displaced. Should it be desired, however, to effect a movement of my two end gates A and B as a whole, these bolts 29 are inserted in their proper places as before indicated and the wing nut 30 secured thereupon. In this instance the two end sections A and B of my end gate turn upon the pivot 20; the pivot rod 18 is first withdrawn as it is adapted to be. As is clearly shown in Fig. 4, this movement here illustrated is adapted. for the dumpingfof ear corn. It is further obvious that should the movement of my lower end plate alone be desired, this is easily possible when the bolts 29 are again removed from the ends of the braces 28 and the lever 42 lifted upward so as to disengage the latch pin 44 from the recess 50 in the sill of the wagon in which events the lower end section is adapted to' be swung out on the pivot rod 18 as a turning point. There is here seen the necessity for the bend or kink 3T in the flanged portion 34 of the end plate 33 as otherwise a binding movement would result when the section A was swung outwardly.

lVhile in the foregoing I have illustrated in thedrawings and described in the specillO cation such combination and arrangement ot' elements as constitute the preferred embodiment of my invention, I desire to emphasize the fact that I may make such minor changes in the matters of proportions and degree, in later adaptations of my device as shall not alter the spirit of my invention as defined in the appended claim.

What I claim is:

The combination With a Wagon-box, of an end-gate comprising two hingedly connected sections; a securing latch mounted upon the outer surface of the lowersection; flanged end-plates securedto the sides of the wagon 0X; coperating flange plates attached to name to this specification in the presence of 25 two subscribing witnesses.

' WILHELM L. MEINK. Witnesses:

GEO. C. WEIR, F. A TRACY. 

